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Ravedeath 1972

Tim Hecker

Ravedeath 1972

Sixth album from Montreal-based electronic musician and sound artist

ADM rating[?]

8.0

Label
Kranky
UK Release date
21/02/2011
US Release date
15/02/2011
  1. 9.1 |   A.V. Club

    Complex and rewarding
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  2. 9.0 |   No Ripcord

    Triumphant
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  3. 9.0 |   The Digital Fix

    It’s rare that an album provides such a seamless experience between compositions, yet Ravedeath, 1972 succeeds in building an aural journey like no other
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  4. 9.0 |   Drowned In Sound

    Draws upon the grandeur of the past but refuses to crumble its bones into sonic dust
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  5. 8.8 |   Beats Per Minute

    Hecker clearly has no interest in emulating a “masterpiece” or a record with crossover appeal, and for that some will be thankful and some will be indifferent
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  6. 8.6 |   Pitchfork

    A dark and often claustrophobic record that is arguably Hecker's finest work to date
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  7. 8.0 |   Mojo

    Very sad and very beautiful. Print edition only

  8. 8.0 |   Uncut

    Irresistibly beautiful. Print edition only

  9. 8.0 |   AU Review

    As fine a study of musical divinity as Eno’s Music For Airports, or GAS’s Nah Und Fern: truly an album to immerse oneself in
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  10. 8.0 |   BBC

    His most powerful album yet
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  11. 8.0 |   The Quietus

    At high volume, Ravedeath, 1972 approaches transcendence, achieved through the overwhelmingly physical resonance of channeling the past through the present
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  12. 7.0 |   NME

    A tour de force of finely textured sound. Print edition only

  13. 7.0 |   PopMatters

    Ravedeath, 1972 is so amorphous and ungraspable that it ranks as Hecker’s most disorienting record, and therefore, perhaps, his scariest
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  14. 7.0 |   Tiny Mix Tapes

    Hecker's freshest exploration of the life of rave death comes thoroughly recommended
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  15. 7.0 |   Bowlegs

    Maybe it’s the clear air of Iceland or the ambience of a church, but this is some of Hecker’s finest music for sometime
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